--- description: The incident was filmed by family members at the birthday party in Niagara County, N.Y. title: Rogue Bounce House Flies Away and Hits Power Line in New York image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rogue Bounce House Flies Away and Hits Power Line in New York by [Emma Ockerman](/author/emma-ockerman/) ## Emma Ockerman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 22, 2016 3:32 PM CUT by [Emma Ockerman](/author/emma-ockerman/) ## Emma Ockerman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 22, 2016 3:32 PM CUT A [bounce house](http://time.com/2811240/bounce-house-injuries-become-an-epidemic/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") being rented for some birthday party fun was carried away by a gust of wind Saturday, colliding with power lines as a result. The incident was filmed by family members at the birthday party in Niagara County, N.Y., where a partygoer rightly predict that the inflatable house would crash into nearby power lines. The bounce house — no one was inside — set of a few sparks. National Grid workers removed the bounce house from the line Saturday, temporarily shutting off the power. \[[WIVB-4](http://wivb.com/2016/06/18/bounce-house-flies-away-hitting-power-lines-in-niagara-county/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4378146/bounce-house-flies-away/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4378146/bounce-house-flies-away/"},"headline":"Rogue Bounce House Flies Away and Hits Power Line in New York","datePublished":"2016-06-22T15:32:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:33:38.469Z","description":"The incident was filmed by family members at the birthday party in Niagara County, N.Y.","url":"https://time.com/4378146/bounce-house-flies-away/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","New York"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Emma Ockerman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/emma-ockerman/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4378146/bounce-house-flies-away/","name":"Rogue Bounce House Flies Away and Hits Power Line in New York"}}]}] ```